Flexible Stays helps you fill the gaps between bookings on your Holidu calendar. These are the short nights shown in purple that your usual minimum-stay rules or fixed check-in and check-out days would normally block. Turning on Flexible Stays opens those nights to guests without changing your standard settings, so you can capture short-stay demand you would otherwise miss.

What Are Flexible Stays?

Flexible Stays is a Holidu feature that makes short gaps between reservations bookable. It applies only to the nights that your current settings would otherwise block. Your regular pricing and stay rules stay the same for all other dates.

How to Activate Flexible Stays

You can set up Flexible Stays from either the Discounts section or the Calendar section. Both paths give the same result. The steps below use the Discounts section.

From the Discounts Section

1. Log in to your Holidu account and select the property you want to update.
2. Go to "Configuration" on the left-hand side, scroll down, and click "Discounts".
3. Scroll to the bottom of the page to find "Fill short gaps between reservations" and click "Configure".
4. Choose a minimum stay of 1, 2, or 3 nights for the gap period. You can also raise the price per night by up to 50% above your current price.
5. Click "Activate" to save your configuration.

What Are the Benefits for You?

• More bookings: Short-stay nights become bookable during high-demand periods.
• Better visibility: Over 20% of peak-season searches are for short stays.
• More reviews: Every extra booking gives you another chance to collect guest feedback.
• Higher ranking potential: Bookable gaps can support your performance in search results.
• Less manual work: You do not need to adjust your calendar by hand for each gap.

Things to Keep in Mind

• Flexible Stays only affects calendar gaps where your current settings do not allow bookings.
• This setting overrides your current minimum-stay and short-stay rules for those gap nights.
• Guests can check in and check out on any day for these special nights.
• If a booking is made, the special pricing and stay rules apply only to that period.
• Flexible Stay bookings are tagged in your calendar so you can identify them easily.
• You can turn off the feature at any time from the same menu.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I exclude certain dates?

Not at the moment. Flexible Stays applies to all gap nights that match your settings. If there are dates you do not want to open, you can block them manually in your calendar.

Can I change the setting later?

Yes. You can update or disable Flexible Stays at any time from the Discounts section or the Calendar section.